jwhert

my friend has 5spd zx3 focus, he was showing me the other day how he could shift at low rpms w/out using the clutch, i tried this in my car, and it can be done, not very smooth, is this bad for the car?

Cephiros

i dont see why it would be so long as your not grinding the gears.

its a good trick to know of your hydrolics blow out

boondiggys

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my pops always used to do it in his truck, said he didnt have to push the clutch cuz he was tired...it wont hurt anything

you just have to find that sweet spot in the rpm where the syncros line up and you can slide it into gear

Compstall

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I had to do it once when my clutch took a dump on me in my old Nissan.

dailydriver

It is generally called "matching revs".

tici

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It's something I do on rental cars, just to see if I can fu** it up before I give it back
I'd never do it with mine unless absolutely necessary!

jwhert

cool, i dont plan on doing it w/ mine, but his focus, i guess ill tel lhim its fine

calhoon

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Although it will do this easily to start, it puts a lot of needless wear on your synchronizer friction material. This will cause early synchro probs. I suggest you shift normally.

Firebirdguy00

I had to do it when my hydros were going out to get alittle more life untill my new stuff came. I can pull outta a gear at 3k and shift up as its going down untill like 2500.

P Mack

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I had to drive home like that one night when my slave cylinder blew up.

2K2WS6TA

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It's called rev matching, and yes you can do it with an M6, or any manual trans, it's not going to do your synchros much good to do it alot, but once in a while, or in a emergency, it can be quite handy to know how to do it

GTObsessor

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Anyone have a good estimation and what RPM to do this at with each gear? I don't want to do it but I've been having a wierd clutch issue for a while now and i'd like to have an idea so I can get by with it if I absolutely have to.